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Life/Traveller | May 18, 2009 | 3410 views

Crescent City Blues

The post-Katrina New Orleans still has great live music, but you have to look for it

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here's a moment in a New Orleans club when the drummer's in the pocket, the sweaty crowd is gyrating and spilling out into the street and the bandleader pushes the music relentlessly faster like a potter spinning an enormous wheel. It doesn't matter if it's traditional jazz, blues or rock 'n' roll.

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Regular Tuesday Night gig: Trumpeter Kermit Ruffins plays a mix of jazz and funk at Bullet's Sports Bar In New Orleans
Image: Brady Fontenot/ Redux for Forbes
Regular Tuesday Night gig: Trumpeter Kermit Ruffins plays a mix of jazz and funk at Bullet's Sports Bar In New Orleans
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This article appeared in Forbes India Magazine of 05 June, 2009
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